[Verse 1] He came down from blazing dawn A crown of thunder, Murphy's law Every being held its breath As He marked the very ground with death Fields went barren beneath His hand Crops laid down like fallen man Stone by stone and bone by bone He made the world a silent throne [Pre-Chorus] No warning came from inside the sky No wall remains, no place to hide The blessed kneel, the proud decay The broken pages wash away [Chorus] I will start anew I will start anew Cities turn to glass for You I will start anew I will start anew All the damned are swept from view I. will. start. anew. [Verse 2] Monuments forgot your names Marble split by holy flames Harbors cracked and bridges fell Every prayer rang a bell Plows and altars, gold and rust All from dust returns to dust I stand over ruin’s wide sea And speak the end like prophecy [Pre-Chorus] No warning came from inside the sky No wall remains, no place to hide The blessed kneel, the proud decay The broken pages wash away [Chorus] I will start anew I will start anew Cities turn to glass for You I will start anew I will start anew All the damned are swept from view [Bridge] And the oceans bows black and still At the edge of my terrible will Not a child, not a king remains Only smoke where the name had lain Then the silence speaks my name Soft with mercy, hard with blame What was built was lost and is now through And the earth is being made brand new [Final Chorus] I will start anew I will start anew Cities turn to glass for You I will start anew I will start anew All the damned are swept from view [Outro] (I will start anew) (I will start anew)
